Month July 2022
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting… Continue Reading →
Chabad in Israel has launched legal proceedings against Russia demanding that the transfer of ownership of Alexander’s Courtyard in Jerusalem to Russia be frozen until it releases the Schneerson Collection. The Association of Chabad in the U.S. filed an appeal… Continue Reading →
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has had enough of state legislators sitting on their hands as crime continues ripping apart the Big Apple, and joined Republicans in calling for an emergency session of the legislature to confront the crime… Continue Reading →
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The detective who led the investigation into the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack testified Tuesday that there are three types of people who deny that it happened and harass the victims’ families: the mentally ill,… Continue Reading →
Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab…. Continue Reading →
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to rule out prosecuting Donald Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021 riot in Washington, D.C., saying he intends “to hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible” accountable. Garland was asked about the Jan. 6… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California federal judge has rejected a legal push to require Uber to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles, finding that such a mandate would be too onerous on the ride-hailing company. U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Seeborg ruled… Continue Reading →
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Record rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across the St. Louis area early Tuesday, killing one person, displacing many others and prompting rescues from vehicles and homes. One person died when a car in St. Louis was… Continue Reading →
Moshe Benedek, the Israeli businessman who was abducted in Brazil last week, spoke about his frightening experience to Channel 12 News. Benedek left his office in Sao Paulo on Thursday on the way to a dinner he planned with his… Continue Reading →
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $16.7 billion, or $2.23 per share, falling short of analyst expectations for $2.29 per share — a rare disappointment from the tech giant that has consistently beat Wall… Continue Reading →
Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II. This wasn’t junk mail —… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s revenue growth during the past quarter decelerated to its slowest pace in two years as advertisers reined in their spending amid intensifying fears of an economic recession. The regression reported Tuesday by Google’s corporate parent,… Continue Reading →
How can a blind child attend Cheder like every other boy his age? How can a blind little girl read the Circle magazine each week? How can a blind father read the weekly Mishpacha magazine? How can a blind Zeidy learn his daily daf and complete shas? How can a blind bochur fulfill his Shnayim Mikra? How can an ALS patient communicate… Continue Reading →
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players will be gripping their tickets tightly ahead of Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing with an estimated $830 million prize on the line. The jackpot would be the nation’s fourth-largest lottery prize and the… Continue Reading →
The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place. A confusing one, too. Growth appears to be sputtering, home sales are tumbling and economists warn of a potential recession ahead. But consumers are still spending, businesses keep posting profits… Continue Reading →
NEW HAMPSHIRE (Yaakov M / VINnews) A stunning new poll shows that just a tiny sliver of New Hampshire Democrat voters want incumbent President Biden as their nominee in the next election. Even more embarrassing, Biden is not their number… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award, drawing comparisons between the two leaders in times of crises. Zelenskyy accepted the award by video link during… Continue Reading →
The parents of Moishe Kleinerman, now missing for 122 days, along with relatives of Moshe Illowitz, missing for over three years, visited the home of the Mekubal HaGaon HaRav Dovid Batzri, Rosh Yeshivas HaShalom, on Monday. HaRav Batzri led a… Continue Reading →
A judge in Atlanta has rejected an appeal by a group of voters and affirmed the Georgia secretary of state’s decision that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is eligible to run for reelection. The five voters from Greene’s district sought… Continue Reading →
MIDDLE EAST (VINnews) On Tuesday, the Kingdom of Jordan refused entry to 150 Charedim. The official reason given by the government was that the visitors engaged in a “riot”. The Israeli men were seeking to daven at the kever of… Continue Reading →